Locking device.



No. 830,146. PATENTED SEPTx 4 1906. B. T. HAMILTON & L. STROUD.

LOOKING DEVICE. APPLICATION TILED 0012,1905.

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LOCKING DEVICE.

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No. 830,146. -PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906.

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LOCKING DEVlCE.

,ent purposes, but as it is particularly so to the small control-levers used in self-propelled vehicles we will-in this specification describe and illustrate it as so applied. The mechanism is also suitable for larger applications on parts.

device which carries the lever.

self-propelled vehicles-such, for example, as for applying and holding the brakes and also for the steering mechanism in place of or in addition to the usual worm-gear.

As applied to a smallcontrol-lever the invention comprisesthe moving member and the fixed member, the means of connecting and disconnecting'those members, and a-h andle by which the device is operated.

The following drawings will serve to indicate the construction and operation/ of the mechanism. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a turning control-lever com-jlete, Fig. 2 being 'a perspective view, partly in section and with the handle removed, and Fig. 3 showing the handie in perspective and the nut and washer by which it is fixed. 4 is a perspective view, with the fixed member or supporting-bracket removed, of a modification, Fig. 5 being a similar view, butnot in perspective, of the same Fi 's. 6 and 7 are elevations of the device as appfiied to a sliding mechanism. The fixed member would usually be or form part of the supporting-bracket or other In Figs. 1 to 5 it is indicated as the central stud or pin A A. In Figs. 6 and 7 it is the bar upon which the other parts slide. Upon A is pivoted the arm B, which is connected by arod, cord,

or other suitable device with the part to be moved. This part B is therefore the part of the control-lever which has on occasion tobe moved by the handle C, but normally has to be held stationary in the position at which it Specification of Letters Patent. Application filedOctober 2,1905, orial1lo 281.015.

Patented Septl4, 1906.

is set by the rigidly connected to the piece D, which, in Flg. 1 is shown cam-shaped and in Figs. 4 and 5 is shown circular. According to Figs. 1 to 3 this cam-shaped member is ooved at D, as indicated in dotted lines in ig. 1 and by full lines and shading in Fig. 2, {so as to form a race or track for the balls E, between which lies the helical spring F, which-serves to force the balls apart. Thefixed member A also carries the outer casing or shell A,

which is preferably a part of it, and the b alls' E and spring F lie in the space between the cam-shaped member D and the inside'oof A;

The handle C has an enlar ed circular end. or head 0, adapted to fit insi e A and havin Y projecting portions 0 the ed es or faces 3 of which bear against the balls as shown in Fig. 1. A collar or circular flange, of which the projections C are part, is further recessed at C to receive the arm B, the recesses being slightly wider thanthe arm to allow of a certain amount of lost motion, so as to give the necessary amount of play for the purpose of releasing the balls when it is required to move the lever.

The operation of the device shown in Fig. 1

movement ofthe handle. B i

is as follows: Pressure being-applied to the handle C in the direction of the arrow, the

- end or working'face C of the top lug C is pressed against the contiguousball E, forcing it against the spring, and thereby releasing it from the casing A and the cam D, between which it was previouslyj ammed. The movement of the handle withdraws the face C of the other lug C from the other ball E, thereby permitting it to travel forward still in the direction indicated by the arrow on C. This movement is due to the freedom allowed to .B in C. When the handle C has moved its allotted distance, the face O engages the arm B, which being, as previously explained, rigid with D, the latter is now turned still in the ,direction of-the arrows on C and on D. This movement has the: effect of moving the obstructing portion of the cam D from the path which thesecond ball E under the influence of its spring desires to pursue, and consequently as the lever is moved both balls are released from their locking action upon D,

which is therefore free to move until the hairdle is released. Upon the removal ofpressure from (3 both balls under the influence of the spring F immediately return to their looking positions and firmly hold D, so that B cannot be moved, and no reasonable pressure upon will enable it to be again moved until the handle C is operated. The action in the reverse direction is precisely the same,- excepting that all the movements are reversed.

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the operation is the same as that above described, but the construction varies inthe following manner: The fixe'd member A is in the center of the part D, which in this case ,is circular and grooved at D, both the fixed member and the part D being eccentric to B for the reception of the handle C spring F and balls E, located and operating as in the former construction, being also employed.

In Fig. 6 a sliding member G slides upon the fixed bar A and has inclined faces G, be-

tween which and the bar A lie the balls E and spring-F, as before. The handle C is pi voted at G and lies between the stops G and though the movement of the movable member is linear instead of angular the operation is the same as that previously described and gill be readily understood by reference to ig. 6.

In Fig. 7 the construction Fig. 6, excepting that two springs F are employed, with a 'lug G between them. The operation is the same as before.

What we 'claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a locking device for two-way operating' mechanism the combination of an operated member free to be moved back and forth, an operating member operatively connected with the operated member but having a given amount of free movement relatively thereto, a fixed member opposed to the operated member and having its opposed face parallel to the path of travel of that member, the operated member having a doublecamface on that side toward the other member,

two rolling friction gripping-bodies mounted in the space between the cam-face of the one member and'the opposed face of the other and means for normally keeping these bodies apart so that they lie at opposite ends of the double cam-face and lock the operated and fixed members together, the operating mem ber having lugs disposed beyond the frictionbodies and on opposite sides of the same, and at such a distance therefrom that the free is the same as sso,146

movement of the operating member brings v the lug on one side into contact with that I ,whichis concentric with the center about which the operated member turns, opposite'ly-directed cams on the operated, member and opposed to the said wall of the fixed member, rolling friction-bodies situated "between ,the operated member andthe fixed member so that they engage the cams on the former and means for keeping them in their respective positions the operating member having lugs adapted to push back that friction-body which'locks the operated member from moving; in the direction in which the operating member is moved, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 3. In a locking device for two-Way operat ing mechanism the combination of an operated member free to be oscillated about a given center, an operating member adapted to be oscillated about the same center as the operated member, a fixed'cylindrical casing.

concentric with the center about which the operated member turns, a double-faced cam on the operated member disposed within the fixed member so that a space is left on one side between theinner periphery of the casing and the outer periphery of the fixed mem ber, rolling friction-bodies E mounted within this space and engagingthe two members and a spring disposed between them to retain them at the limit of their movements, the operating member having lugs C which project into the fixed casing A and lie at such a distance from the gripping-bodies that when the operating member is moved in either direction that lug which advances comes into contact with and displaces the gripping-body nearest to it before the operating member comes to the limit of its free movement relatively to the operated member, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the two subscribing witnesses.

I BEL'IO)T TATTNALL HAMILTON.

LEWIS STROUD. Witnesses: I

T. J. OSMAN, HARRY B. BRIDGE. 

